Aaron888

2nd blooming with wider flowers. Emergency photoshoot after I knocked this over once trying to get plants out for the Huntington show...

oh on a side note I forgot to mention - the Cattleya orchid that started all this was the only plant out of my collection that tested...

Ah, sorry, I see now what you meant. I gave way too much info... It is possible if they came in clean they have stayed clean since...

I wasn't clear about what I was talking about - I apologize. The plants I am talking about are the ones that came up with a negative...

with the one Catt. that tested positive and the 2 phals. I am still paranoid about them so am planning on growing them in a different...

Assume that I have a standard mericlone seedling from an infected plant. Or, even a seedling made using the pollen of an infected plant...

I did a lot of virus decontamination for Phalaenopsis pot plant, so for the explanation: - In the early days people wrongly believed...

Mericlones of infected plants can still be infected. If a careful, more difficult technique is used for mericloning (done by only some...

Carter and Holmes is an excellent source as they guarantee any orchids they grow against virus (but not those they get in from other...

I am about 2/3's through testing and will have to order more tests to do everything. I am definitely sick because I would say as of now...

I don’t think anyone is more careful than Deborah is now. There is evidence to support everything she does. I am a little less careful...

Aaron, I'm so sorry. I do feel your pain. I also learned the hard way, losing 1/3 of my collection to virus at one point. Be aware...

Paphs and Phrags seem less likely to get infected. Southern belle and I did collection-wide testing about the same time and threw away a...

so far none of my paphs or phrags. have tested positive and the N. bicalcarata came back neg. so if my only loss is my Cats. I will be...

so far the testing is not going good - all of my Cattleya orchids EXCEPT 1 has tested positive. I have not started on my slippers yet...